You asked for it Minnesota, you got it. 9.5 cents per gallon gasoline tax increase proposed. An increase proposed to 1% sales tax for LRT. That would make the base sales tax rate in Minneapolis 8.525%. St Paul would have a base rate of 8.375%, while Dakota and Washington county sales taxes would increase to 7.875%. In Carver and Scott counties, the base sales tax rate would increase to 7.625%, the current rate of sales tax in St Paul.

So much for the progressives shielding low income folks from regressive taxes like sales taxes.

Many of the cities/states with high sales taxes have low personal state income tax rates. Lucky for us in Minnesota, we get to have high rates for sales taxes and state income taxes.

With the DFL (Dumb Fhocking Liberals) in 100% control of State Government we can expect nothing less.

They consider having the highest taxes in the UNIVERSE as a goal!!

But they were elected by the Minnesota voters so the majority gets what they want. I trust by the time of the next election the voters will have aaholes so sore from being skkrewed by the DFL they will vote the other way.

You asked for it Minnesota, you got it. 9.5 cents per gallon gasoline tax increase proposed. An increase proposed to 1% sales tax for LRT. That would make the base sales tax rate in Minneapolis 8.525%. St Paul would have a base rate of 8.375%, while Dakota and Washington county sales taxes would increase to 7.875%. In Carver and Scott counties, the base sales tax rate would increase to 7.625%, the current rate of sales tax in St Paul.So much for the progressives shielding low income folks from regressive taxes like sales taxes.Many of the cities/states with high sales taxes have low personal state income tax rates. Lucky for us in Minnesota, we get to have high rates for sales taxes and state income taxes.

One has to wonder how much of that increase will actually be spent on transportation.

Is Gov. Google Eye's proposed Snow Bird tax even legal?If you live in another state for 6 months and 1 day you are legally a resident of that state, yet he wants to penalize (tax) you if you live in Minnesota the rest of the year. Moving out of Minnesota permanently is looking better every day.

Is Gov. Google Eye's proposed Snow Bird tax even legal?If you live in another state for 6 months and 1 day you are legally a resident of that state, yet he wants to penalize (tax) you if you live in Minnesota the rest of the year.Moving out of Minnesota permanently is looking better every day.

It would also be interesting to see how he would react if the GOP proposed tax legislation on out-of-state assets.

ST. PAUL, Minn.— Gov. Mark Dayton is again proposing an income tax on people who spend 60 or more days a year in the state.

Dayton argues that "snow birds," people who spend the winter in warmer climates, use the same services everyone else pays for and should be required to pay their fair share. The governor's proposal would require them to pay a prorated portion of their income taxes in Minnesota.

Under current law, only those who live in Minnesota for more than six months of the year must pay state income taxes. Changing the law would generate $15 million a year, according to state Department of Revenue Projections.

It would appear that Dayton's ability to link causes and effects rivals that of a lobotomized mental patient.

A Florida Republican congressman is welcoming to his home state Minnesota residents who migrate south to escape the Midwest’s notoriously cold, harsh winters -- now that their governor is trying to impose a so-called “snowbird tax” on them.

“Dear Governor Mark Dayton,” Rep. Trey Radel wrote Friday.“I'm writing today to thank you. As a Floridian, I am overjoyed to hear about your plan to raise taxes on Minnesotans, most especially the so-called ‘snowbirds.’ Your proposal gives us a chance to shine here in the Sunshine State.”

Dayton, a Democrat, proposed the idea last week when announcing key parts of his proposed $37.9 billion budget. He made a similar proposal last year that was defeated by the then-Republican-controlled legislature.

The plan would purportedly raise no more than $30 million over two years from all Minnesota residents who live 60 days to just under six months in Minnesota by taxing their capital gains and dividends as well as income from stocks and bonds.

However, the prorated income tax would largely hit older residents and retirees, known as “snowbirds” because they leave northern states to establish residency in such warmer places as Arizona and Florida.

Dalton said it’s unfair that somebody can live six months and a day outside of Minnesota and pay no state personal income taxes, then come back and take advantage of “all the state has to offer for five months and 29 days.”

“There is a snowbird tax -- absolutely,” he told reporters.

The purportedly first-of-its-kind tax would be difficult to enforce and is already facing opposing from state Republicans.

“I don’t even think that’s constitutional,” Senate Minority Leader David Hann told the MinnPost.com .“I don’t even know how you’d do that.(And) as far as I can see, there’s not a lot of money attached to it.”

Radel, argues in the letter, which appear written with pointed sarcasm to skewer higher taxes, that southwest Florida would welcome more entrepreneurs and philanthropists investing in the region. And he cited such incentives as no income taxes, investment incentives for big and small businesses and “great” public, charter and private schools.

“It's my sincere hope your plan has just driven many Minnesotans to become year-round residents of our great state,” he wrote.“I thank you for your policy. It draws the contrast of what is happening not only in United States today, but the world.”

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